Bulldog Update September 30, 2024

I type this newsletter with fingers tired from math, covered in paint from art class, yet excited for a new week of learning and collaboration at Barr!

Below you will find new, important information to help you be successful in the upcoming week and key reminders that are foundational to the school year.

• Monday, September 30th will be an B Day.
• Click HERE for complete A/B calendar.
  

Academic:

• Normal week of learning!

Activities

• Monday, September 30th:
  🏃Cross Country (at Hastings) @ 4:30 PM
  
  
• Tuesday, October 1st:
  🏐 8th VB vs Horizon at Barr @ 4:15 PM
  🏐 7th VB vs Horizon (at Horizon-Kearney) @ 4:15 PM
  
  
• Thursday, October3rd:
  🏈8th FB vs Hastings (at Hastings) @ 4:00 PM
  🏈 7th FB vs Norfolk at Barr @ 4:15 PM
  🏐 8th VB vs Sunrise at Barr @ 4:15 PM
  🏐 7th VB vs Sunrise (at Sunrise-Kearney) @ 4:15 PM
  

Barr students doing their best work!

Reminder: the doors to the school open at 7:45 AM after the bell, so once your student is on campus they need to be in the building and in their assigned area.

Parents/Guardians, please help communicate the importance of this to your student.

Drop Off: Students need to get out of the vehicle on passenger side- nearest to the sidewalk instead of the driver side- in the driveway through lane.

Parents/Guardians, please help your student be safe at drop-off!

Barr PTO will provide toppings and sides for approximately 90 teachers and staff. They will deliver the potatoes at 2:30 and the teachers need to eat at 2:45-3 PM so they can get to conferences. Please have food donations to Barr by 2:30 PM on Oct. 7.

Please review the available slots HERE and click on the button to sign up- please plan accordingly for feeding about 90 people.

Thank you for supporting Barr teachers and staff!

DC Information/English

DC Information/Spanish

Registrations will close TOMORROW (Sept. 30)!

Are you interested in pollinators and plants? Join Roots & Shoots Club which meets the third Thursday of each month from 3:45-4:45. You must have a ride home at 4:45 pm. The first meeting is September 19th in the media center.

Homework Club meets Monday-Thursday and is for all students! From 3:45-4:30 PM, students can come and get support on school work.

If your student is going to use this opportunity, be sure to make transportation plans.

For questions, please call the main office so we will come alongside you in supporting your student's learning!

See attached flyer for more information or email Mrs. Harpham at rharpham@gips.org

SCRIPT READ-THRU:
MON, SEPTEMBER 30, 4-5 PM, AUDITORIUM

AUDITIONS:
TUES, OCTOBER 1ST, 4-5 PM, AUDITORIUM

WED, OCTOBER 2ND, 4-5 PM, AUDITORIUM

PERFORMANCES:
SAT, DECEMBER 14, 7:30 PM, AUDITORIUM

SUN, DECEMBER 15, 2:30 PM, AUDITORIUM

JOIN OUR GOOGLE CLASSROOM WITH THIS CODE:

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Barr Junior Thespians Website: https://sites.google.com/gips.org/barrjuniorthespians/home

Join our Remind here: remind.com/join/xkkjgrt

Contact the director, Dr. Garcia, at ekgarcia@gips.org with any questions.

We are excited to host everyone at Parent Teacher Conferences!

🌏Barr Middle School

📆 October 7th, 9th, and 10th

⏰Monday: 3:45-7:30 PM; Wednesday 3:45-7:30 PM; and Thursday 8:00- 11:30 AM

At Barr, parent teacher conferences are a open house style where parents can visit 6th and 8th grade teachers in the new gym, 7th and EL teachers in the cafeteria, and explore teachers in the explore hallway.

Parents/Guardians will need to have access to ParentVue to see their student's schedule. If you do not know how to login, find the help table in the foyer! No paper schedules/grades will be printed this year.

There is free breakfast in the morning! Food is fuel for your brain! Get your breakfast then go to your assigned area to eat it. Cleanup before you go to your first period class.

As the sports seasons start up, the admin team from Sr, High wanted to remind the middle schools:

Backpacks and other small bags are NOT allowed at Sporting Events/Activities. You will NOT be allowed in the event with a bag or backpack. You must have your school issued ID to enter.

Fans: during football games please do not stand or sit on the track, but do feel free to bring lawn chairs in order to enjoy the game.

Students: if you attend with your Bulldog pass (and not with your parents) you are only allowed to visit the concession stand in between sets, quarters, or games. Also, while attending games the expectations from the school day should be followed- including no cell phone use and staying off your computer.

Who:

7th and 8th grade Barr Students

When:

Starts Wed Sept. 4th

Every Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday*

7:30-8:00 Am

*Moved to Thursday to accommodate students also in show choir

Focus of Training:

Strength--Speed--Flexibility--Agility

Conditioning--Quickness--Leadership

Where:

New (north) gym

Enter door 8

Equipment needed:

T-shirt, shorts, gym shoes

Questions Contact:

Coach Felber--cfelber@gips.org

Coach Rodriguez--drodriguez2@gips.org

Here is the District Calendar for the 2024-2025 School Year.

This calendar has all the activities at Barr, from volleyball to wrestling to orchestra concerts, and is one you can subscribe to so you never miss an event!

Click HERE to access the calendar! (The rSchool Calendar is on the left hand side!)

Reminder: Please turn in all medications to the school nurse including over the counter medications such as pain relievers, cough drops, eye drops, etc... to ensure the safety of our students and to align to district policy

If you have further questions, please call the front office.

Here is reminder/update on bags at Barr:

• Backpacks need to be put in students' lockers at the beginning of the day
• No smaller bags are to be carried during the day except for medical purposes that have been approved by the nurse

Thank you for helping communicate this to your student(s) and keeping our school a safe place!

Doors open at 7:45 (do not arrive any earlier as there is not supervision before 7:45).

**Students will not be allowed in the vestibule before 7:45 AM**

Each grade will wait in respective areas (and they can eat school breakfast while they wait!). Please drop off in the following locations (and students will wait in the following areas):

Phones need to be off (at 7:45 A.M.) and stored in student's locker (at 8:10 A.M.). Phones are also not allowed at school activities or on the bus.

District policy will be followed regarding personal electronic communication devices (ECDs)*.

Please note the consequences for violation of district rules, state/federal law or school board policy:

• 1st Office Referral: The ECD will be confiscated, turned into the school office, and picked up by the student from the principal by the end of the day, unless the device is needed longer for examination by school or district IT personnel. Document MAJOR incident in Synergy
• 2nd Office Referral: The ECD will be confiscated, turned into the school office, and picked up by the student at the end of the day along with parent contact. Document MAJOR incident in Synergy
• 3rd Office Referral: The ECD will be confiscated, turned into the school office, and picked up by a parent at the end of the day along with parent contact. Document MAJOR incident in Synergy
• 4th Office Referral: Insubordination - 1 Day OSS
• 5th Office Referral: Insubordination – Individual student/parent plan
  

(See full policy HERE.)

*ECDs include: cell phones, smart watches, tablets etc...

Water bottles are allowed at school so that students can stay hydrated throughout the day. Please make sure to use clear water bottles and that only water is in the bottles.

Also, cups will no longer be provided during lunch, so students are encouraged to bring water bottles.

Summer:

July 2024

August:

August 4, 2024

August 11, 2024

August 18, 2024

August 25, 2024

September :

September 1, 2024

September 9, 2024

September 16, 2024

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